Favorite Aviation Films

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Thanks for remembering The Blue Max!

Good films with good flying scenes - Murphy's War and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Originally Posted by Martin Gregorie[_6_]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

+1 to each of those movies

Colin

The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

On 4/17/2020 12:16 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.



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Dan, 5J

On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 6:42:27 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

On 4/17/2020 12:16 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.



--
Dan, 5J

"Flight OF The Intruder".

On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 7:42:27 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

It's listed on the Abandoned Airfields website: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/index.htm

Hartlee Airfield was the best grass strip in Dallas. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/...NE.htm#hartlee

I owned a J3 in the early 90's and we could still land there.

If you have endless time, look up abandoned airstrips in your area.

Bob

Cool!Â* Thanks for the information on abandoned airstrips.

On 4/18/2020 1:46 PM, wrote:
On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 7:42:27 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

It's listed on the Abandoned Airfields website: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/index.htm

Hartlee Airfield was the best grass strip in Dallas. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/...NE.htm#hartlee

I owned a J3 in the early 90's and we could still land there.

If you have endless time, look up abandoned airstrips in your area.

Bob

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Dan, 5J